Press Release June 21, 2010 Big business owners, led by The Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) should stop mouthing possible retrenchments and closures over the approval of the P22 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today as it called such tactic as a “blackmail” to discredit workers’ call…
Day: June 21, 2010
Peasant Unrest to Heighten Under Aquino Government, Group Said
PRESS RELEASE June 21, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) said that peasant unrest would intensify under incoming president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s government as he is showing no signs of commitment to effect change to the worsening landlessness in the countryside. KMP also said that Aquino never…
Gov’t Help Asked in Repatriation of Filipino Teacher in China
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Relatives and colleagues of Filipino teacher Benjamin Yango, who was found dead in his apartment in Harbin, China less than a month ago, are asking help from the government for his repatriation. Yango, 33, a native of Bontoc, Mountain Province, is an English teacher at Longdi Primary…
Oyayi Sa Anak ng Welgista
NI AXEL PINPIN Inlilathala ng Bulatlat Anak, si Bunso’y kumutan mo muna at kamutan para mahimbing ihimig ang pagkagiliw ng Tatay n’yong naka-welga. Huwag mangamba sa sungit ng panahon ang gabi ay maiksing paghihintay lamang sa paglalaro ninyo bukas maghapon. At kapag ayaw agad dumalaw ng payapang antok kay Bunso ay ipaghele mo siya sa…